47.7973° N, 13.0477° E

SALZBURG

Most Famous People Born in Salzburg, Austria

Notable people
883
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1949
Most distinctive
Art Historian 5.4×

A baroque prince-archbishopric that still pays its bills on high culture: the Composer, Art Historian, Architect and Academic benches all come wrapped in Fischer von Erlach's churches and the Festspiele hive mind. The Skier line is the one honest concession to the twenty-first century, the mountains finally getting their due on a résumé the Residenz had been hogging for four hundred years.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Salzburg during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 125 notable births.

What Salzburg Is Known For

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Politician is Salzburg's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (127).

Salzburg over-indexes on art historian5.4× the global rate.

Salzburg under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician127
  2. Actor73
  3. Football52
  4. Painter45
  5. Author30
  6. Composer26
  7. Academic24
  8. Writer23
  1. Art Historian95.4×
  2. Skier104.4×
  3. Author303.9×
  4. Academic242.7×
  5. Composer262.2×
  6. Architect172.2×
  7. Painter451.9×
  8. Artist171.9×
  1. Football520.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Salzburg's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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883 notable people

0601 POLITICIAN

Maximilian von Seinsheim-Grünbach

1811 - 1885

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0602 LITERARY

Eva Reichmann (Literaturwissenschaftlerin)

Born 1962

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0603 POLITICIAN

Susanne Kurz

Born 1956

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0604 ART HISTORIAN

Anton von Schallhammer

1800 - 1868

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0605 HOCHSCHULLEHRER

Christoph Bluemblacher

1624 - 1674

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0606 WRITER

Roswitha Klaushofer

Born 1954

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0607 EDITOR

Max Dasch (Herausgeber)

Born 1946

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0608 ACTOR

Hans Bergen

1902 - 1967

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0609 SINGER

Josef Wolfgang Kainz

1773 - 1855

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0610 ECOLOGIST

Rupert Franz

1882 - 1960

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0611 SAXOPHONIST

Robert Friedl

Born 1963

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0612 INTERNIST

Richard Greil

Born 1957

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0613 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Clemens Gull

Born 1969

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0614 POLITICIAN

Josef Rehrl

1895 - 1960

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0615 COMPOSER

Joachim Fuetsch

1766 - 1852

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0616 ACTOR

Florentina Rucker

Born 2001

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0617 WISSENSCHAFTLER

Horst Wagner (Montanwissenschaftler)

Born 1939

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0618 PAINTER

Julius Schgoer

1846 - 1885

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0619 OPERA

Marie Kreuzer

1839 - 1904

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0620 ACADEMIC

Beatrice Hurrle

Born 1976

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0621 WRITER

Fritz Huber (Autor)

Born 1942

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0622 ARTIST

Kay Walkowiak

Born 1980

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0623 CONDUCTOR

Peter Lang (Dirigent)

Born 1964

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0624 SKI

Felix Holzermayr

1918 - 2001

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0625 PAINTER

Anton Reiffenstuhl

1786 - 1848

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0626 LAWYER

Theodor Thanner

Born 1960

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0627 ACTOR

Edmund Jäger (Schauspieler)

Born 1967

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0628 MUSIC

Lex Lugner

-

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0629 PRESENTER

Norbert Steidl

Born 1959

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0630 PAINTER

Richard Damberger

1932 - 1990

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0631 PAINTER

Josef Krieger (Maler)

1848 - 1914

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0632 POLITICIAN

Ignaz von Heffter

1739 - 1818

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0633 ACTOR

Nina Schneider

Born 1973

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0634 POLITICIAN

Albert Reitter

1895 - 1962

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0635 POLITICIAN

Birgit Schatz

Born 1969

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0636 FOOTBALL

Gerhard Perlak

Born 1955

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0637 POLITICIAN

Franz Seidl (Politiker)

1911 - 1992

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0638 POLITICIAN

Doraja Eberle

Born 1954

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0639 TEACHER

Sepp Baumgartner (Politiker)

1922 - 2010

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0640 KOCH

Leonard Cernko

Born 1979

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0641 FOOTBALL

Raimund Friedl

Born 1988

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0642 LAWYER

Leopold Werner

1905 - 1977

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0643 GRAF

Ernst von Montfort

1700 - 1759

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0644 ARCHITECT

Johannes Baar-Baarenfels

Born 1963

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0645 PAINTER

Franz Lettner

1909 - 1998

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0646 LYRICIST

Ferdinand Joly

1765 - 1823

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0647 COMPOSER

Ernst Sompek

1876 - 1954

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0648 ACADEMIC

Johannes Gobertus Meran

Born 1961

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0649 RADIO

Wolfgang Leikermoser

Born 1965

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0650 POLITICIAN

Astrid Rössler

Born 1959

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0651 ACTOR

Johann Baptist Hilverding

1677 - 1721

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0652 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Max Silber

1883 - 1942

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0653 HYDROLOGIST

Dieter Gutknecht (Hydrologe)

Born 1939

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0654 POLITICIAN

Anton von Heffter

1777 - 1844

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0655 COACH

Toni Giger

Born 1963

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0656 ORGANIST

T. C. Pfeiler

Born 1958

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0657 FOOTBALL

Adel Halilović

Born 1996

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0658 ARCHITECT

Karl Ceconi

1884 - 1946

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0659 MISSING

Thomas Alois Reischl

1760 - 1835

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0660 ABBOT

Rupert Kimpfler

1638 - 1708

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0661 BEAMTE

Ludwig von Godin

1814 - 1898

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0662 HOCKEY

Corin Konradsheim

Born 1993

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0663 HANDBALL

Christian Aigner

Born 1985

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0664 AUTHOR

Kostja Steiner

Born 1980

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0665 ACTOR

Jakob Elsenwenger

Born 1992

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0666 DANCER

Penelope Scheidler

Born 1996

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0667 POLITICIAN

Mathias Gschnitzer

1808 - 1884

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0668 FOOTBALL

René Zia

Born 1991

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0669 COMPOSER

Louis Waizman

1863 - 1951

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0670 POLITICIAN

Dietmar Schmittner

Born 1958

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0671 FILM

Wolfgang Frisch (Musiker)

Born 1974

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0672 ARCHITECT

Ursula Schneider (Architektin)

Born 1961

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0673 POLITICIAN

Gerhard Schmid (Politiker, 1948)

Born 1948

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0674 POLITICIAN

Lisa Rücker

Born 1965

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0675 PLAYER

Bernhard Strauß (Volleyballspieler)

Born 1975

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0676 FOOTBALL

Jelena Gatea

Born 1995

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0677 POLITICIAN

Harald Lettner

Born 1945

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0678 POLITICIAN

Helmut Frauscher

1934 - 1994

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0679 POLITICIAN

Walter Leitner (Politiker)

1915 - 2002

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0680 POLITICIAN

Marlies Steiner-Wieser

Born 1963

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0681 WRITER

Erna Holleis

1970 - 2006

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0682 OFFICER

Felix Adamowitsch

1919 - 2013

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0683 MATHEMATICIAN

Karl Breymann

1807 - 1870

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0684 ARTIST

Lizzy Mayrl

Born 1962

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0685 POLITICIAN

Cornelia Ecker

Born 1976

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0686 MISSIONARY

Kaspar Rehrl

1809 - 1881

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0687 ARTIST

Hans Schmidt (Künstler)

Born 1951

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0688 SINGER

Ulrike Sych

Born 1962

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0689 POLITICIAN

Heidi Reiter

Born 1953

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0690 MODEL

Elfi Wildfeuer

Born 1921

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0691 COACH

Alexander Hödlmoser

Born 1968

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0692 MISSING

Maximilian von Laßberg

1813 - 1866

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0693 POLITICIAN

Karin Dollinger

Born 1969

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0694 PAINTER

Franz Anton Ebner

1698 - 1756

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0695 POLITICIAN

Robert Aspöck

1943 - 2018

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0696 BOTANIST

Erwin Mayr

1899 - 1969

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0697 SKI

Markus Maier (Skisportler)

1911 - 2010

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0698 FILM

Stefan Baumgartner

Born 1982

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0699 POLITICIAN

Andreas Schöppl

Born 1961

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0700 POLITICIAN

Karl Glaser (Politiker)

1921 - 2006

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0701 POLITICIAN

Josef Brunauer junior

1921 - 1999

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0702 POLITICIAN

Stefan Prähauser

Born 1948

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0703 ENTOMOLOGIST

Bruno Wahl (Entomologe)

1876 - 1971

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0704 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Forsthuber

1899 - 1953

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0705 JOURNALIST

Ferdinand Wegscheider

Born 1960

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0706 FILM

Hans Scheirl

Born 1956

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0707 AUTHOR

Wilhelm J. Steiner

1918 - 1985

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0708 HOCKEY

Stefan Herzog

Born 1983

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0709 COMPOSER

Georg Jenisch

Born 1969

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0710 PRESENTER

Kathi Wörndl

Born 1983

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0711 PRODUCER

Thomas Foster (Musikproduzent)

Born 1969

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0712 HISTORIAN

Hertha Schober-Awecker

1922 - 1989

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0713 VIOLIN

Benjamin Herzl

Born 1994

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0714 ARTIST

Carola Unterberger-Probst

Born 1978

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0715 GÄRTNER

Richard Aspöck

1919 - 1941

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0716 ARTIST

Juergen Norbert Fux

Born 1975

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0717 SAILOR

Uli Strohschneider

1940 - 1998

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0718 POLITICIAN

Volker Reifenberger

Born 1979

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0719 PRESENTER

Alex Scheurer

Born 1974

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0720 PLAYER

Petra Sax-Scharl

Born 1965

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0721 ARCHITECT

Alfred Berger

Born 1961

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0722 POLITICIAN

Johann Maier (Politiker, Mai 1952)

Born 1952

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0723 POLITICIAN

Peter Harlander

Born 1974

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0724 POLITICIAN

August Prinzinger der Jüngere

1851 - 1918

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0725 FILM

Florian Brandt

Born 1966

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0726 HANDBALL

Sebastian Manhart

Born 1975

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0727 POLITICIAN

Peter Schmiedlechner

Born 1982

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0728 CONDUCTOR

Bruno Weinmeister

Born 1972

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0729 OFFICER

Matthias Bermadinger

1919 - 1944

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0730 COMPOSER

Wolfgang Florey

Born 1945

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0731 POLITICIAN

Franz Xaver Böhm

Born 1960

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0732 ACTOR

Susanne Schweiger

Born 1953

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0733 POLITICIAN

Hermann Böhacker

Born 1941

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0734 FOOTBALL

Dietmar Emich

Born 1967

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0735 WRESTLER

Peter Oehler

1883 - 1945

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0736 POLITICIAN

Christoph Wiederkehr

Born 1990

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0737 PRODUCER

Christoph Lindenbauer

Born 1960

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0738 RADIO

Gotthard Rieger

Born 1947

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0739 MILITAR

Hubertus Trauttenberg

Born 1941

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0740 THEATRE

Helmuth Froschauer (Regisseur)

1939 - 1986

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0741 POLITICIAN

Josef Weichenberger

Born 1930

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0742 POLITICIAN

Ricky Veichtlbauer

Born 1948

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0743 POLITICIAN

Markus Fauland

Born 1968

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0744 ATHLETE

Iris Eckschläger

Born 1974

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0745 FOOTBALL

Hans-Peter Berger (Fußballspieler, 1956)

Born 1956

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0746 POLITICIAN

Hans Draxler

1892 - 1953

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0747 MUSIC

Jürgen Leitner (Musiker)

Born 1979

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0748 SKIER

Roswitha Raudaschl

Born 1967

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0749 POLITICIAN

Gertraud Jahn

Born 1957

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0750 PLAYWRIGHT

Johannes Holzhausen

Born 1960

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0751 ADLIGER

Gustav Joachim von Lamberg

1812 - 1862

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0752 RACER

Sylvia Vogl

Born 1974

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0753 CANOE

Gregor Becke

Born 1972

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0754 HISTORIAN

Michael Henker

Born 1948

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0755 PIANIST

Sibylle Schefczik

-

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0756 SINGER

Eleonore von Trapp

Born 1931

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0757 POLITICIAN

Johann Padutsch

Born 1955

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0758 POLITICIAN

Peter Lechenauer

Born 1958

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0759 POLITICIAN

Eduard Kittl

1922 - 2003

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0760 SCULPTOR

Heinrich Eder

Born 1967

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0761 POLITICIAN

Bernhard Ernst (Politiker)

1961 - 2012

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0762 POINTAGE

Sebastian Stumpfegger

1670 - 1749

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0763 SINGER

Theresa Grabner

Born 1984

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0764 POLITICIAN

Helga Wieser

Born 1940

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0765 ACTOR

Markus Steinwender

Born 1971

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0766 POLITICIAN

Christian Hörl (Politiker)

1962 - 2020

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0767 JOURNALIST

Walter Mayer (Journalist)

Born 1959

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0768 BUSINESS

Andreas Wimmer (Unternehmer)

Born 1981

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0769 BASSOONIST

David Seidel

Born 1976

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0770 POLITICIAN

Josef Prechtl

1896 - 1976

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0771 POLITICIAN

Helmuth Stocker

Born 1938

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0772 POLITICIAN

Ernst Leimböck

1931 - 1987

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0773 POLITICIAN

Arno Gasteiger

Born 1947

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0774 ARCHITECT

Richard Gach

1930 - 1991

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0775 DESIGNER

Christopher Reitz

Born 1968

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0776 ACADEMIC

Siegfried Unterberger

1893 - 1979

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0777 SINGER

Wolfgang Höltzel

-

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0778 POLITICIAN

Hans Haager

1890 - 1981

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0779 POLITICIAN

Franz Hell

1899 - 1963

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0780 KAPELLMEISTER

Alexander Steinitz

Born 1967

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0781 SPORT

Fritz Flachberger

1912 - 1992

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0782 REGISSEUR

Siegwulf Turek

Born 1950

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0783 PRIEST

Johannes Perkmann

Born 1968

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0784 SCULPTOR

Hans Baier (Künstler)

1912 - 1993

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0785 PAINTER

Michael Scheirl

Born 1953

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0786 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Clessin

1880 - 1950

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0787 COMPETITOR

Bettina Schweighofer

Born 1975

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0788 DESIGNER

Mario Ilsanker

Born 1984

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0789 PAINTER

Tim Tom Norden

Born 1963

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0790 POLITICIAN

Heinrich Ulrich

1871 - 1943

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0791 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Fürhapter

Born 1965

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0792 FILM

David Groß (Filmemacher)

Born 1978

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0793 COMPETITOR

Werner Fagerer

Born 1964

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0794 SPORT

Renate Roider

Born 1971

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0795 POLITICIAN

Maria Haidinger

Born 1950

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0796 LAWYER

Fred Friedman

1926 - 2008

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0797 POLITICIAN

Florian Kreibich

Born 1969

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0798 SPORT

Heinrich Bergmüller

Born 1952

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0799 PAINTER

Ady Fuchs

1908 - 2000

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0800 GOLF

Christoph Pfau

Born 1984

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0801 LAWYER

Norbert Scherbaum

Born 1957

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0802 ARCHITECT

Gustav Steinberger

1862 - 1931

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0803 POLITICIAN

Josef Koppler

1901 - 1977

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0804 SPORT

Dieter Gehmacher

Born 1949

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0805 POLITICIAN

Rudolf Stark (Politiker)

Born 1948

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0806 LAWYER

Kurt Planck

1911 - 1975

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0807 MISSING

Lorenz Rosenegger

1708 - 1766

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0808 POLITICIAN

Adolf Schemel

1880 - 1961

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0809 POLITICIAN

Sebastian Huber (Politiker, 1964)

Born 1964

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0810 OFFICER

Karl Dietl

1813 - 1885

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0811 POLITICIAN

Reinhard Herok

Born 1961

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0812 KIND

Margareta von Österreich-Toskana

1881 - 1965

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0813 SINGER

Marie-Kathrin Melnitzky

Born 1968

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0814 JOURNALIST

Philipp Beisteiner

Born 1974

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0815 KOCH

Christian Geisler

Born 1984

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0816 POLITICIAN

Christian Makor-Winkelbauer

Born 1968

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0817 POLITICIAN

Anton Neumayr (Politiker)

1887 - 1954

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0818 JOURNALIST

Peter Daser

Born 1971

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0819 JOURNALIST

Kurt Vorhofer

1929 - 1995

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0820 BANK

Walter Zandanell

Born 1958

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0821 ACTOR

Renate Rustler-Ourth

Born 1949

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0822 SCULPTOR

Kurt Augustin

Born 1956

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0823 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Flinspach

Born 1943

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0824 ENGINEER

Hilda Crozzoli

1900 - 1972

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0825 BISCHOF

Johann Raimund von Lamberg

1662 - 1725

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0826 PIANIST

Kurt Neumüller

1914 - 1982

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0827 POLITICIAN

Josef Weißkind

1914 - 1977

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0828 POLITICIAN

Stefanie Mösl

Born 1985

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0829 BASKET

Adrian Mitchell (Basketballspieler)

Born 1995

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0830 POLITICIAN

Margit Hofer

Born 1964

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0831 SAXOPHONIST

Werner Zangerle

Born 1979

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0832 POLITICIAN

Michaela Eva Bartel

Born 1970

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0833 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Rainer

Born 1959

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0834 POLITICIAN

Erich Rippl

Born 1958

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0835 CERAMIST

Karl Adlmannseder

1902 - 1981

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0836 POLITICIAN

Wilhelm Scherthanner

1882 - 1951

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0837 POLITICIAN

Markus Reitsamer

Born 1959

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0838 POLITICIAN

Franz von Hueber

1845 - 1936

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0839 POLITICIAN

Wolfgang Haunsberger

Born 1940

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0840 POLITICIAN

Uwe Höfferer

Born 1965

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0841 COSTUME DESIGNER

Su Sigmund

-

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0842 JUDO

Florian Rinnerthaler

Born 1982

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0843 MERCHANT

Johann Christian Paurnfeind

1687 - 1768

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0844 ORGANBUILDER

Paul Rotenburger

1598 - 1661

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0845 POLITICIAN

Edith Zitz

Born 1965

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0846 BUSINESS

Alfred Morawetz

1909 - 1988

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0847 POLITICIAN

Christof Seymann

Born 1961

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0848 POLITICIAN

Fritz Ledermann

1918 - 1993

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0849 DIPLOMAT

Peer Christopher Stanchina

Born 1945

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0850 ECONOMIST

Johann A. Saiger

-

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0851 CHOREOGRAPHER

Helene Weinzierl

Born 1963

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0852 JOINER

Ernst Stoiber

1922 - 1943

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0853 JUDO

Rupert Riess

Born 1980

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0854 THEATRE

Katrin Schurich

Born 1970

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0855 SPORT

Thomas Höllbacher

Born 1976

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0856 FOOTBALL

Rudolf Krammer

1929 - 2004

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0857 FOOTBALL

Viktor Lindner

1927 - 2014

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0858 MUSIC

Anna Zauner-Pagitsch

Born 1963

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0859 COMPOSER

Alfred Maultasch

1914 - 2006

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0860 ARCHITECT

Jakob Oeckhl

1670 - 1754

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0861 MUSIC

Hermine Esinger

1852 - 1939

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0862 POLITICIAN

Veronika Schuster

Born 1954

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0863 LAWYER

Josef Kolmhofer

Born 1934

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0864 POLITICIAN

Fritz Schorn

1919 - 2004

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0865 SINGER

Johannes Gerl

1803 - 1873

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0866 BÜRGERMEISTER

Johann Peter Metzger

1723 - 1795

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0867 POLITICIAN

Nikolaus Schlam

1885 - 1946

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0868 POLITICIAN

Franz Berger (Politiker, 1959)

Born 1959

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0869 POLITICIAN

Norbert Grinninger

Born 1940

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0870 POLITICIAN

Karl Bundschuh

1871 - 1935

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0871 RELIGIOUS

Roman Hinterhöller

1912 - 1989

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0872 ABT

Edmund I. Sinnhuber

1631 - 1702

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0873 POLITICIAN

Karl Zallinger (Politiker)

Born 1961

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0874 POLITICIAN

Markus Maurer (Politiker)

Born 1970

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0875 RESTAURATEUR

Carl Tomaselli der Jüngere

1839 - 1914

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0876 POLITICIAN

Hermann Stöllner

Born 1985

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0877 POLITICIAN

Johann Ginzinger

1881 - 1929

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0878 ARCHITECT

Bertram J. Mayer

1943 - 2013

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0879 ORGANBUILDER

Mathias Rotenburger

1600 - 1668

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0880 JUDO

Stefan Riedlsperger

Born 1971

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0881 POLITICIAN

Eduard Mühlreiter

1874 - 1954

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0882 FOOTBALL

Hermann Hochleitner

1925 - 2010

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0883 BASKET

Eugen Würz

Born 1967

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